Frontiers in Endocrinology
Blood fluid measure linked to worsening heart-kidney-metabolic disease
Hospitalized patients in the highest quarter of a blood fluid measure at admission had a 43% higher relative progression risk than those in the lowest quarter.Hospitalized patients in the highest quarter of a blood fluid measure at admission had a 43% higher relative progression risk than those in the lowest quarter.
Cohort · 36,505 peopleStage 4 cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome
Who was studied36,505 hospitalized patients with stage 2 CKM, median 10 years
What changedProgression to advanced heart-kidney-metabolic disease was 43% more likely with the highest versus lowest estimated plasma volume at admission
The catchWorsening heart-kidney-metabolic disease could raise plasma volume, rather than result from it